If your roof is in need of repair, it’s time to get in touch with a professional roofer. Putting a new roof on your home can increase its value. So it is essential that you pick the right contractor to do this job. Your first step in finding a reliable roofer is to ask your […]
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Police catch John Williams, suspect in killing of deputy, on 4th day of manhunt
John Williams, suspected of killing a policeman, was arrested early Saturday afternoon in a wooded area of Fairfield, ending a nationwide manhunt that lasted four days and involved some 200 officers from multiple jurisdictions. Williams, who is accused of shooting Somerset County Sheriff’s Cpl. Eugene Cole fatally early Wednesday morning in Norridgewock, was taken […]
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How to buy or sell a home
Buying or selling a home is a major event. And because of complicated contracts and significant investments, it’s one that you’ll want to take on with the help of a real estate professional. Finding a good agent often means finding a reputable real estate agency. These days, it seems like every town has more than […]
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Jeannine T. Roy
LEWISTON — Jeannine T. Roy, 68, of Auburn, peacefully passed away Thursday, April 26, at Central Maine Medical Center, with her loving children by her side. She was born in Lewiston on April 10, 1950, a daughter of the late Albert and Murielle Guay Roy. She attended Lewiston schools and was a graduate of Lewiston High […]
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RSU 73 board OKs improvements to athletic facilities
LIVERMORE FALLS — The Regional School Unit 73 board of directors gave concept approval Thursday for the Hollandstrong Community Foundation Proposal Project to improve the Spruce Mountain High School athletic facilities. Deborah Roberts of Wilton, representing the Hollandstrong Community Foundation, said the foundation has already done significant fundraising for the project. The first phase will be upgrading […]
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Earth Day cleanup in Farmington
Barb Larson watches as Brooke Larson feeds a baby goat on the lawn of the Pierce House in Farmington before participating in the 5th Annual Earth Day Cleanup on Saturday. Volunteers picked up trash in parks and along roadways across town. (Pam Harnden/Livermore Falls Advertiser) The 5th Annual Earth Day Cleanup was held in Farmington […]
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Judge will decide by Friday whether Portland asylum seeker can compete in poetry contest
A Deering High School junior who is in Maine seeking asylum from Zambia will find out by Friday whether he can participate in a national poetry recital contest that begins Monday. A federal judge in Portland on Wednesday heard arguments in a lawsuit filed on behalf of Allan Monga, 19, who has been banned from […]
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Barbara Bush, wife and mother of presidents, champion of literacy, dies at 92
HOUSTON (AP) — Barbara Bush, the snowy-haired first lady and mother of a president whose plainspoken manner and utter lack of pretense made her more popular at times than her husband, President George H.W. Bush, died Tuesday, a family spokesman said. She was 92. Mrs. Bush brought a grandmotherly style to buttoned-down Washington, often appearing […]
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Five men scramble to safety after truck went into the Pleasant River in Windham
Five men had to scramble out the windows of a pickup truck after it slid off an icy stretch of road and plunged into the Pleasant River in Windham on Monday afternoon. “By the grace of God, we made it out alive,” 84-year-old Kenneth Brann of Windham, one of the passengers, said in a telephone […]
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Lewiston Planning Board OKs 31-lot development on Hogan Road
The Lewiston Planning Board this week unanimously approved Chase Custom Homes & Finance’s new Sanctuary Estates subdivision at 131 Hogan Road.